EYFS Planning- Monday PM (Mrs Kelly)
ELG 14
Children know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. They
talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.
They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.
Week 1
w/c 14.09.15
Frog spawn
Metamorphosis
Life cycle
Tadpole
Hatching
Female
KLQ: How do tadpoles become frogs?
Intro- Read through life cycle of a frog with chdn, allowing time for discussion and questions.
Activity 1- chdn to create ‘story stones’ recreating the lifecycle of the frog, ( H/A match the appropriate vocabulary)- outside
AK/TA- to aid with reading vocab, note down appropriate use of vocab.
Activity 2- Chdn to cut out arrows and pictures from life cycle of a frog and reorder them- independent work
ELG 4 ELG 16
Activity 3- Chdn to recreate life cycle of a frog using art materials for display on science display in corridor. (H/A to write key wordsdot writing)
AK/ TA- to demonstrate how to create items, aid use of scissors and other art materials
ELG 4 ELG 16
Tell me what happens next, Describe what tadpole looks like? How can we create a tadpole using the materials we have?
Tell me what might happen next. I wonder what the frogspawn feels like. Tell me which way the arrows need to point. I
wonder what the arrows mean.
Week 2London
w/c 21.09.15
Butterfly
Caterpillar
Egg
Leaf
Hatch
Chrysalis
Cycle
Symmetry
KLQ: How is the life cycle of a frog similar to that of a butterfly?
Intro- Life cycle of a Butterfly ppt. doc children notice anything the same?
Activity 1- Chdn to recreate the life cycle of a butterfly using their bodies, perform to other members of the class. Allow chdn to
explore using musical instruments.
AK/T/A to lead and support.
ELG 6 ELG 8 ELG 17
Activity 2- chdn to look at the symmetry of butterflies. Recreate a symmetrical pattern on an outline of a butterfly.
AK/TA to support show chdn example
ELG 16 ELG 17
Activity 3- recap of last week, magnetic frog life cycle activity- team game.- independent
ELG2 ELG3 ELG8
I wonder what symmetrical means. How are you going to make your butterfly symmetrical? Tell me what is similar, tell me
what is different. Describe what happens to the caterpillar
Week 3
w/c 28.09.15
lay
eggs
young
calf
piglet
chick
foal
Week 4
w/c 05.10.15
Nutrients
Plant
Water
Life cycle
Diary
Nutrition
Garden
KLQ: All animals lay eggs. True or false? How do you know?
Activity 1 - Children to play animal pairs, matching animals to their young- link to topic on how humans reproduce.
AK/ TA to ensure chdn are following the ‘rules’ of the game taking turns and understand what they are matching.
Activity 2- Life cycle of a hen, look through life cycle of a hen powerpoint together, allowing chdn to explore and answer questions.
Chdn to complete ‘life cycle of a hen’ worksheet. Using posters to aid.
AK/ TA to lead discussion prompt questionings, complete observations.
Activity 3- Chdn to sort animals into 2 groups lays eggs/ does not lay eggs- independent.
Tell me the name of a … young, How do you know that’s the right answer, What happens if they don’t lay eggs, how similar is
a … to a human?
KLQ: Plants like, animals also have a life cycle. True or false? Why?
Read Jack and the Beanstalk
Activity 1: Chdn to Plant their own beans, and complete a weekly ‘Bean diary’
AK/TA discuss with chdn what plants need to grow and develop, is this similar to animals. Demonstrate to children they need
to do.
Activity 2- Chdn to make bean life cycle spinning wheels- independent
ELG2 ELG16
Activity 3- Chdn to plant garlic bulbs in the new gardening area
AK/TA discuss with chdn what the bulbs might need to grow, why do we use garlic? Demonstrate to chdn what they need to
do.
How can we look after plants? What do plants need to survive? How are plants similar to animals? Tell me the differences.